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Check out these The Sims 3 Cheats that will give you some awesome in-game advantages and boosts like free real estate, modify traits, set mood, make friends, force events and more. Plus, we’ve also got the Sims 3 money cheat to help you get free Simoleons. Scroll below to know them all.
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How to Enable and Activate Cheats
To enter the cheat codes you will have to press Control-Shift-C to open the command box. You can enter the cheat codes in this box only and they won’t work otherwise. Type “testingcheatsenabled true” without the quotation marks and this will help you edit the properties by pressing Shift-Click and you do edit friendships, traits, teleport or even change your career.
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The Sims 3 Cheat Codes Full List [2022]
- help – Display most cheats
- kaching – +1,000 Simoleons
- rosebud – +1,000 Simoleons
- motherlode – +50,000 Simoleons
- familyfunds [sims last name] [money wanted] – most money possible is 9999999.
This saves you from constantly entering the “motherlode” cheat several times
- shazaam – +2,500 lifetime happiness points to active Sim
- modify traits – Set or clear traits
- make happy – Sets all mood/moodlets for everyone in the house to perfect; removes negative moodlets
- make motives [static|dynamic] – Set motives static or dynamic for the entire household
- set age [number] – Set age of the Sim
- ageuptonpc on – Ages up a Sim into a non-controllable NPC who lives in your household. Works on children.
- forcetwins – enter after clicking on a pregnant Sim
- edit in cas – Take the Sim back to Create-a-Sim
- make me know everyone – Selected Sim knows every other Sim
- make friends for me – Make several random friends for selected Sim
- resetsim [first name] [last name] – Return Sims to safe and neutral state at home
- freerealestate – Ignore the cost when buying a lot
- buydebug – Lets you buy anything, including locked objects
- add to household – Add active Sim to current household
- force service sim [name] – Force a specific service Sim to appear
- force visitor – Forces a neighbor to show up
- set career [career] [level] – Give selected Sim a career
- force opportunity – Click career building you work at to force an opportunity
- force all events – Click career building to display all events for the career consecutively
- unlockoutfits [on|off] – View career outfits and service uniforms.
This code must be enabled before entering Create-A-Sim mode - force event – Click career building you work at to force an event
- moveobjects [on|off] – No limitations for placing/moving objects
- constrainfloorelevation [true|false] – Force terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other structures
- disablesnappingtoslotsonalt [on|off] – Objects will not snap to slots while holding Alt
- fadeobjects [on|off] – Objects fade when camera gets close to them
- snapobjectstoangle [true|false] – Toggle 45 degree angle object snap
- snapobjectstogrid [true|false] – Toggle snap to grid for placed objects
- hideheadlineeffects [on|off] – Show or hide talk/thought balloons above Sim’s head
- slowmotionviz: [0-8] – Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest
- fps [on|off] – Toggle framerate display at top right
- fullscreen [on|off] – Toggle full screen
- quit – Quit the game
- jokeplease – Print random joke to console
- enablellamas [on|off] – Llamas enabled message
You can enter the cheats and check out how different they make the gameplay, though some people frown upon it.
You can still have a ton of fun by entering these cheat codes and playing the game, the way you want to experience it.
If you are also playing Sims 4 then don’t forget to check out our Sims 4 Guides for more fun modifications.
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The Sims 3 Cheats, Codes, Cheat Codes, Walkthrough, Guide, FAQ, Unlockables for PC
Cheat Codes
While playing the game, press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + C to display the console window. Then, type one of the following codes and press [Enter] to activate the corresponding cheat function:
| Result | Cheat Code |
| Display most cheats | help |
| Enable testing cheats [Note 1] | testingCheatsenabled [true or false] |
| 1,000 more Simoleons | Kaching |
| 50,000 more Simoleons | Motherlode |
| Ignore the cost when buying a lot in Town Edit mode | freerealestate |
| View career outfits and service uniforms [Note 2] | unlockOutfits [on or off] |
| Toggle objects can be placed anywhere in Buy/Build mode [Note 3] | moveObjects [on or off] |
| Return Sims to safe and nuetral state at home | resetSim [first name] [last name] |
| Reset lifetime happiness of all Sims in active household | resetlifetimehappiness |
| Delete any object | Delete object |
| Force terrain adjustments regardless of objects, Sims, and other structures | constrainFloorElevation [true or false] |
| Objects will not snap to slots while holding [Alt] | disableSnappingToSlotsOnAlt [on or off] |
| Objects fade when camera gets close to them | fadeObjects [on or off] |
| Show talk/thought balloons above Sim’s head | hideHeadlineEffects [on or off] |
| Print random joke to console | jokePlease |
| Toggle lot tooltips | displaylotpackagefilename [on or off] |
| Toggle «Llamas» warning icons [Note 4] | enablellamas [on or off] |
| Slow motion visuals; 0 is normal, 8 is slowest | slowMotionViz [0-8] |
| Toggle framerate display at top right | fps [on or off] |
| Full screen | fullscreen [on or off] |
| Quit the game | quit |
Note 1: This code allows additional cheat codes to be used and unlocks various testing options, as described below.
Note 2: This code must be enabled before entering Create-A-Sim mode.
Note 3: This code allows you to delete objects that normally cannot be removed (for example, Sims, mailbox, garbage can). However, you cannot get those objects back. Also, when the code is used on a Sim with the «good» trait, a halo will appear on their head when you exit Buy/Build mode.
Note 4: «Llamas» are the triangular warning signs that appear with some messages.
Testing cheats
Enable the «testingCheatsenabled true» code, then type one of the following codes at the console window to activate the corresponding cheat function:
| Result | Cheat Code |
| Make toddler that grows to child become an NPC | ageuptonpc |
| Set Simoleon total for indicated family | familyfunds «[last name]« [number] |
| Buy mode slot with debug objects | buydebug [on or off] |
| Set game speed | speed [0 to 4] |
| Toggle map tags | maptags [on or off] |
| Toggle all audio | playsounds [on or off] |
| Record video with specified size and quality | recordvideo |
After enabling the «testingCheatsenabled true» code, you can also hold [Shift] and click on the following objects to access new options:
Mailbox
- «Make All Happy»
- «Make Friends For Me»
- «Make Needs Static» or «Make Needs Dynamic»
- «Make Me Know Everyone»
- «Force Visitor»
- Various «Force NPC» options
- Various «Set Career» options
Work place
- «Force Opportunity»
- «Force Event»
- «Force All Events»
Ground
- «Build/Buy on this lot» (requires v1.
7) - «Teleport»
Any Sim
- «Add To Active Household/Family»
- «Trigger Age Transition»
Active Sim
- «Modify Traits for Active Sim»
Non-household Sim
- «Add to Household»
Any object
- «Object… Delete It» (requires v1.7)
While the «testingCheatsenabled true» code is enabled on the «Select Family» screen before loading a family, hold [Ctrl] and click just below the box in the lifetime happiness to add 500 to lifetime happiness. You can also drag the needs bars up or down as desired. When viewing your Sims’ relationships, you can drag the bars on that screen either way.
While the «testingCheatsenabled true» code is enabled, hold [Ctrl] and click a Moodlet in the Moodlet panel to remove it. Note: If it is motive-induced, the bar related to the negative Moodlet will be completely filled.
To max out Moodlets and keep them that way, enable the «testingCheatsenabled true» code.
Then, hold [Shift] and click your Sim’s mailbox. Select «Make all happy», and click the mailbox again, then select «Make needs static».
While the «testingCheatsenabled true» code is enabled, hold [Ctrl] and drag the Mouse left or right to raise or lower your Sim’s current motive as well as raise or lower relationships.
Watching your own videos on the TV
Use the following trick to watch your own videos on the Sim television. Place the video you want into the «/My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 3/Movies/Broadcast/[television station]» folder. Turn on the television in the game, and you can watch it. The video must be in .AVI format, with a resolution no larger than 128×128 pixels, and frame rate not greater than 15 frames per second.
Listening to your own music on the radio
Place the desired .MP3 files in the «/My Documents/EA Games/The Sims 3/Music/[radio station]» folder. Start the game, go to «Options» menu, select «Music Settings», then choose radio station.
Select which songs you want the radio to play.
Easy money
Start writing novels on your computer. Write fiction novels as they take the least amount of time. They will not bring you too much Simoleons. When you write, your skill will automatically advance. If your skill is high enough, you will be able to write more novel types/genres. The most money can be made from «Romance Novels». You will get royalties for six weeks once you finish a book. With the «Writing» skill maxed out, you can make approximately 40,000 Simoleons every week, which is more than the 34,800 Simoleons you can get by purchasing all neighborhood businesses, and takes less time to achieve. In three game weeks you should have a very high speed writing, 9 or 10 novels as best sellers, and 100,000 Simoleons.
Saving money
No matter how many times you use an object, if you sell it the same day you got it you can get all your money back.
If your Sim is poor and needs body points or something else, buy a body machine and keep selling it back to get a refund of all your money.
Easy Cooking, Fishing, and Gardening skills
This trick requires a TV with a Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening channel and a video game system. Have a Sim sit down and watch television. Switch the TV over to one of the previously mentioned channels so that the Sim can start earning his or her skill point. Then, have a second Sim go over and start playing video games. Notice that although the TV is displaying video games, the first Sim still has the skill meter above their head. Allow this Sim to sit there for as long as they please until they decide to do another activity of their own. After that, the skill meter should stay above their head until you start another Cooking, Fishing, or Gardening skill activity. As an added bonus, you can train two skill points at once. For example, work out and both the Athletic and Cooking skills will continue to rise.
If you keep repeating the steps until each skill channel has been viewed, the Sim will keep learning the three skills as he or she goes on about their daily life, and four when doing skill activities.
Free bookcase skills
Buy a bookcase, then have your Sim begin to study. Interrupt the action so that the book is placed on the ground. Sell the bookcase. The book can now do everything the bookcase could have done for free.
Increasing chance to have baby boys
Have a pregnant female Sim eat apples to increase the chance of having a boy.
Increasing chance to have baby girls
Have a pregnant female Sim eat watermelons to increase the chance of having a girl.
Increasing chance for multiple babies
To increase the chance of having twins or triplets, have one or both parents have the lifetime reward of Fertility Treatment.
Ghost baby
Set one of your female Sim’s traits to Kleptomaniac. Go to the graveyard, and have the Sim steal male remains. On the second day after putting the male remains in your home, a ghost will appear at 11:00 p.m. and disappear at 4:00 a.m. It will appear every other day. Socialize with the ghost every night it appears. When you become best friends with the ghost, it will begin appearing every night. Get the «Fertility» reward. Confess your attraction to the ghost. Ask to snuggle on the bed, and kiss him. Try for a baby every night until you start throwing up. You will now have a ghost baby that you can control.
Ghosts in your house
Go to the graveyard, click on all the tombstones, and take all possible tombstones. Return to your house, and place them somewhere in your backyard. You now have a 70% chance of a ghost or two, or even a whole party of ghosts visiting your house each night.
To improve your chances, write in the epitaph «Here Lies [Sim’s name], The One Who Returns».
Making friends
Buy a guitar. Play it to learn how to play guitar. Keep playing until you reach 5/10 level, which gives you the ability to «Play For Tips». When you have that ability, go to the park with the guitar in your inventory. When you are in the park, click the guitar in your inventory, and select «Play For Tips». People watching you will become your friends if you keep playing. The higher your guitar skill, the faster they will become friends with you.
Disable aging
Instead of using a cheat code to toggle «aging on» and «aging off» like in The Sims 2, you can de-activate the age in «Game Options» under «Options». When you uncheck the box next to «Aging», your Sims will no longer become older. You can also slow aging down in this menu by setting the «Lifetime» bar. It can be set from 25 days to 960 days.
Quickly advance age
Use the following trick to change your Sim’s age (toddler, child, teen, etc.) quickly. Buy a birthday cake from the grocery store, and place it somewhere on your lot. Click the cake, and select «Have Birthday». Then, choose the Sim to be aged. This is a good method to get past the baby stage.
Avoiding death
Go to Pleasant Rest Graveyard. Near the gate is a bush called «Death Flower Bush». Harvest the flower from it, and keep it in your Sim’s inventory. If you die, that Sim will give the flower to the Grim Reaper and be resurrected. Although the flower will not reappear there again, if your Sim has Level 7 Gardening, they can plant the «Unknown Special Seeds» found in the graveyard and some other places that have a chance to grow as a Death Flower. Note: Having the Green Thumb trait to revive the plant may help.
Changing your name
To easily change your name, go to the map, and find City Hall.
It should give you an option to change your name during the day between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
New clothes
To get new clothes, you first have to buy a dresser from «Buy Options». Once there, click «Plan Outfit». You can put a total of three different clothes for each type (formal, every day, athletic, etc.).
Learning all guitar songs from books
Have your Sim reach Guitar skill level 5. Have a level 5 book in their inventory, click the guitar, then select «New Song» to learn it. After reaching Guitar skill level 6, do the same thing with a level 6 book. Repeat the process until the Sim reaches Guitar skill level 10, and they will know all songs that were taught.
Creating brilliant paintings or masterpieces
Create a stylized still life after it is unlocked. Choose «Genius», and make it in the largest possible frame. You will now have a much better chance of getting a brilliant painting or masterpiece.
Building a basement
Put down staircases on a new lot to lower the terrain. Go to the bottom of the first one, and miss out one tile, then put down another staircase. Repeat this again to have three staircases. Delete the staircases. Use the «Level Terrain» tool to level the terrain from the lowest tile. Set it as big or small as desired. Using the «Straight Line Wall» tool, build walls around this hole so there are walls pressed up against hills. Build the room above so it covers the entire basement. Cover around the house with the «Foundation» tool; all the slopes should be covered up. Place one tile in the top floor, then create a staircase leading down to the basement. Make two or more foundation blocks at the front of the house, and place a staircase leading up them.
Duck Time moodlet
Buy the Ducksworth of Bathington, and place it in your bathtub. When a Sim takes a bath, they will get the Duck Time moodlet which results in a +15 boost for four hours.
Getting rid of dirty dishes
Drag an empty plate into a Sim’s inventory, then drag it to sell. You will not get any money, but if your Sim does not have a dish washer, it is a quick and efficient way to get rid of dirty dishes.
Strange faces
There is a glitch in Create-A-Sim mode that allows to you to make very strange faces. Go to the face designing area. Select a face part such as the eyes, and max out all the sliders one way or the other. Then, go to a different face part, and select one of the predesigned parts. Return to the eyes. The sliders will have reset to the middle, but the eyes will still look the same. This works for all of the face adjusting tabs. You can then continue to max out the size of the eyes and repeat. You can make eyes the size of dinner plates, very long cheekbones, huge noses, and more.
Hording pizza
Have a Sim call for pizza.
When the pizza delivery man arrives, do not accept the pizza. The delivery man will eventually leave the pizza on the front porch, and it will never get stale. You can stack as many pizzas there as you want. If your Sims get hungry, just tell them to get a pizza from the front porch.
EA game references
When you have the video game system and your Sims play it, zoom in on the TV to see that the games they are playing are various Electronic Arts titles.
Spore reference
Have a Sim reach the top painting level to have the ability to create masterpieces. One of the paintings that can be created is that of a creature from Spore.
The Sims 3 cheats with all codes, cheats for money and more
The Sims 3 cheats are designed to take the stress out of your virtual life, and you won’t be judged by us if you use them to make managing your digital world a little easier. The Sims 3 cheat codes are part of a tradition that runs throughout the series, and their existence is so well known that you might assume they are actually a core part of the game, allowing you to get the most out of it and explore everything on offer.
. Not everyone has the time or patience to amass a fortune in Simoleons and work their way to the top of their career, but with these Sims 3 cheats, you can get the boost you need to reach your goal and reach your goals quickly.
So, straight to the point, here are some of the best The Sims 3 cheats for PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox. Just make sure you read our guide carefully first so you don’t mess anything up with your favorite sims.
How to enable cheats in The Sims 3
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First of all, to enable cheats in The Sims 3, you need to open the cheat console by following the instructions below:
* The Sims Cheats 3 for PC: hold Ctrl and Shift then press c
* The Sims 3 Mac cheat: hold Command and Shift then press c
* The Sims 3 PS3 cheat: press and hold all four shoulder buttons at the same time
* The Sims 3 Xbox cheat: press and hold all four shoulder buttons at the same time
Then a field will appear at the top of the screen in which you will enter your codes.
The Sims 3 cheats with the Shift key pressed
One of the most important cheat codes in The Sims 3 — testingcheatsenabled true, which opens up a whole world of new options available when you hold down the Shift key on characters, items and more. To press the Shift key, press X+O on PlayStation and A+B on Xbox at the same time. We’ve compiled several options below:
Mailbox
Shift-click the mailbox and select any of the following options:
- Make All Happy to set the active family mood to a maximum of
- Make friends for me to give the active Sim some random friends from the area.
- Make demand static to set demand to the maximum and stop it from fading away over time.
- Make All Dynami c to return to normal decay rate
- Make me known to everyone so that the active sim knows everyone in the area.
- Force Visitor force a random visitor to come
- Force NPC (more options available) to force a specific NPC to arrive
- Set Career (more options available) to set the current sim’s career to the specified path, branch, and rank.
The Sims 3 Sims cheats
Shift-click all sims and select any of the following options:
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- Add to Active Household/Family to add the selected Sim to the household.
- Edit the Sim in CAS to put the Sim back in Create-A-Sim mode.
- Change active sim’s traits to change only active sim’s traits.
The Sims 3 Cheats0045 Force Opportunity to force work-related opportunities
- Forced event for work-related forced event
- Force All Events to force all possible events from the selected workplace
The Sims 3 ground cheats
Shift-click the ground and choose any of the following:
- Teleport me here, to teleport the active Sim to that location.
- Build/buy on this lot (after patch 1.7) to activate build and buy mode even during fire or burglary, any option includes both options.
- Seasons (advanced options available) to enable weather control in the game (only available with the Seasons expansion pack).
The Sims 3 cheats for money
CUCHING! No, seriously, kaching. Enter any of the The Sims 3 money cheats below to get extra Simoleons or free housing.
- kaching — get 1000 simoleons
- Rosebud — Get 1000 Simoleons
- Motherlode — Get 50,000 Simoleons
- familyfunds [sim last name] [money needed] — replace with family last name and a number between 0 and 99,999,999 (testingcheatsenabled true must be typed in console first)
- freerealestate — allows you to buy any house you want (you need to activate this code in map mode)
Relationship cheats in The Sims 3
- let me know everyone — selected sim knows all other sims
- make friends with me — make some random friends for the selected sim
- Force Visitor — forces a neighbor to appear
- add to family — add active sim to current family
The Sims 3 cheats for needs and skills
- Shazaam — add 2500 happiness points for life to an active sim
- ResetLifeTimeHappiness — resets the lifetime happiness of all sims in the active household.
- change traits — set or clear traits
- Resetsim [first name] [last name ] — teleports a sim back to the home lot with neutral motives and no moodlets.
- make happy — perfects all moods/moodlets for everyone in the house; removes negative moods
- make motives static — make motives static for the entire household
- make motives dynamic — make motives dynamic for the whole household
The Sims 3 career cheats
- set career [career] [level] — give selected sim a career
- force opportunity — click on the career building you are working on to force opportunity
- force event — click on the career you are working on to force event
- force all events — click career build to display all events for a career in sequence
- unlockoutfits [on|off] — view career clothes and service uniform (must activate this code before entering Create-A-Sim mode)
The Sims 3 edit cheats Sim
- set age [number] — set the age of the sim
- ageuptoNPC on — Turns a Sim into an out-of-control NPC that lives in your house, also works with children
- forcetwins — gives pregnant sims
twins
The Sims 3 object cheats
- buydebug [on|off] — allows you to buy anything, including blocked objects (you must first enter testingcheatsenabled true in the console)
- moveobjects [on|off] — no restrictions on placing/moving objects
- Constrainfloorelevation [true|false] Force terrain to adjust regardless of objects, sims or other structures.
- Fadeobjects [on|off] — objects disappear when the camera approaches them
- disablesnappingtoslotsonalt [on|off] — objects will not snap to slots while Alt 9 is held0048
- snapobjectstoangle [true|false] — toggle snap object at 45 degree angle
- snapobjectstogrid [true|false] — enable snap to grid for placed objects
- placefriezes [on|off] — allows you to put a foundation on top of a tiled floor
The Sims 3 world and UI cheats
- help — displays most cheats
- quit — exit the game
- fullscreen [on|off] — enable full screen mode
- fps [on|off] — Shows the frame rate in the upper right corner of the screen.
- hideHeadlineEffects [on|off] — Hides all counters and effects in the game, such as a Sim’s thought bubbles or a Plumbob.
- slowMotionViz: [0-8] — slow motion: 0 — normal, 8 — slowest
- playsounds [on|off] — toggle all audio (you must type testingcheatsenabled true in console first)
The Sims 3 different cheats
- jokeplease — displays a random joke on the console, does not affect gameplay
- enablellamas [on|off]
- force service sim [name] — force a specific service sim to appear
The Sims 3 cheats with all codes, cheats for money and more
The Sims 3 cheats are what you need as a literal hack for your Sims. You won’t get any judgment from us for using any of these, because who needs to struggle with finances in The Sims when you can do it in real life. Plus, using cheats in The Sims has been a staple of the series since the beginning, so get more cash, boost stats, and more right away with these Sims 3 cheats.0003
Here are some of the best The Sims 3 cheats for PC, Mac, PS3 and Xbox.
Just make sure you read our guide carefully first so you don’t mess anything up with your favorite sims.
How to enable The Sims 3 cheats
First of all, to enable cheats in The Sims 3, you need to open the cheat console by following the instructions below:
* The Sims 3 PC Cheats: Hold Ctrl and Shift and press c
* The Sims 3 Cheats for Mac: Hold Command and Shift then press c
* The Sims 3 PS3 Cheats: Tighten all four buttons at the same time
* Cheats The Sims 3 Xbox: Press all four buttons at the same time
A field will then appear at the top of the screen in which you will enter your codes.
One of the most important cheat codes in The Sims 3 is testing cheatsenabled true, which opens up a world of new options available by shift-clicking on Sims, items and more. To press the Shift key, press X+O on PlayStation and A+B on Xbox at the same time.
Below we have collected several options:
Mailbox
Shift-click the mailbox and select any of the following options:
- Make everyone happy set active household mood to maximum
- Make friends with me give an active sim some random friends from the
- Make demand static set demand to maximum and stop decay over time
- Make all dynamos c to return to normal decay rate
- Make me know everyone so active sim knows everyone in district
- Force visitor force random visitor to come
- The power of NPC (more options available) to force a specific NPC to arrive
- Set career (more options available) to set the current sim’s career to the specified path, branch and rank
area
Shift-click all Sims and choose any of the following:
- Initiate Age Transition Age Selected Sim
- Add to active household/family to add the selected sim to the family
- Edit Sim in CAS return Sim to Create-A-Sim mode
- Change traits for active sim only change traits for active sim
Shift-click a Sim’s Career Build and select any of the following options:
Shift-click the ground and choose any of the following:
- Teleport me here to teleport the active sim to this location
- Build/Buy on this lot (after patch 1.
